Taygete
Moon· orbits Jupiter
Taygete — moon of Jupiter.
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Key facts
Orbit around Jupiter
730 Earth days
2.00 Earth years
Science
Orbit around Jupiter
- Distance from Jupiter
- 0.189 AU
- Orbital period
- 2.00 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.2731
- Inclination
- 161.87 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0366 S⊕ · 4% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, Y.R. Fernandez, G. Magnier
Taygete was discovered in 2000 by S.S. Sheppard and colleagues. Jupiter's moons are named after lovers, daughters and descendants of the god Jupiter (the Greek Zeus). Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.